{"id":527,"date":"2004-08-24T17:31:58","date_gmt":"2004-08-24T08:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unknowngenius.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/08\/24\/japanese-supermarkets-considerations\/"},"modified":"2011-11-02T16:59:35","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T07:59:35","slug":"japanese-supermarkets-considerations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unknowngenius.com\/blog\/archives\/2004\/08\/24\/japanese-supermarkets-considerations\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Supermarket Considerations"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><b>Revenge of the <i>ob\u0101chans<\/i><\/b>\n<p>It is pretty much <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawnofthedeadmovie.net\/\">Dawn of the Dead<\/a>&#8216;s aftermath out there (<i>after<\/i> the zombies have won). I guess only 70 year old grandmas and sleep-dephased gaijins go shop on a tuesday afternoon.<\/li>\n<li><b>Sid, if you only knew what they did to you&#8230;<\/b>\n<p>There is no such thing as a music track unfit for supermarket PA in Japan. Of course, it needs undergoing a heavy process of musical mutilation first.<br \/>\nI am puzzled at the mere thought of that guy out there with a cheap Casio synthesizer who spends his days re-recording <i>any<\/i> song he can put his hands on, ensuring it is first emptied of anything that could even remotely be called &#8220;musical essence&#8221;. Apparently that guy thinks that Mozart&#8217;s <i>K. 219<\/i>, <i>Staying Alive<\/i> and <i>Anarchy in the UK<\/i> all have the same potential for easy-listening adaptation.<br \/>\nI might one day beg the supermarket manager to let me make a copy of their CD&#8230; unless there is some radio station that broadcast that. Need to find out.<\/li>\n<li><b>Do  We really need to have the fresh octopi tentacles on display, next to yoghurts and beer?<\/b>\n<p>Not that they don&#8217;t look appetizing or anything.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Anything else with that slice of watermelon and this single tomato?<\/b>\n<p>Should I be somewhat worried that I do not even think twice about buying 4 tomatoes for 5 bucks (actually, I think &#8220;cheaaap!&#8221;) or do not blink in front of the $80 watermelon any longer&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><b>I really do appreciate<\/b> your concerns over the fact that I am missing out on that tremendous 1% saving (not exaggerating: I did the math) by declining to fill the supermarket discount card application form. Really, I do.\n<p>But do we have to go through this every single time?<\/li>\n<li><b>Likewise, I do appreciate your concerns<\/b> for the environment&#8230;\n<p>But do you think it would be too much to ask that I be alloted more than <i>one<\/i> single plastic bag to put all my weekly groceries? No need to look at me like I strangle baby seals with my bare hands during week-ends, when I meekly ask for an extra bag.<br \/>\nI mean, it&#8217;s not like I&#8217;m the one who decides that every item of food must be wrapped in at least ten layers of miscellaneous materials before being sold here. I&#8217;m not the maniac who suggested <i>individually<\/i> wrapping each freaking piece of chocolate inside the already thrice-wrapped (plastic+paper+foil) unconscionably expensive chocolate bars you sell.<\/li>\n<li><b>Housewives of Japan:<\/b> Looking for the perfect gift for your loving salaryman of a husband?\n<p>Three words: <i>Kirin Beer Giftpack<\/i> (think local equivalent to an hypothetical <i>MGD Twelve-Pack Giftbox<\/i>).<br \/>\nNothing says &#8220;I love you&#8221; like six cans of standard-issue beer in a gift-wrapped carton box.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no such thing as a music unfit for supermarket PA in Japan. 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